the asians can count as well as we can, and, in fact, if you look at the educational rankings, better. [laughter] they understand i cannot go to asia without people anywhere asking me about sequestration in america. they know and they're watching despite all the rhetoric about a pivot and a rebalance. there's a fundamental reality of how many resources you have, how present you can be and the size of the region that thai in. and i'll actually have a piece in politico tomorrow talking about the first steps that the air force is taking on biting the bullet to deal with both bca and the looming threat of sequestration. and it goes right to the core of this concept of readiness. and a senior air force official told me just the other day that he's expecting when this hits in the may/june time frame that he will go down to about at best about 40% combat mission capable of his forces which have been engaged for a decade now, and the other 60% will go to the basic mission ready capable. basic mission capable is what we calls it. the asians know that. they see it, and they understand. you look